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Agricultural Little-Known Facts
Agricultural Little Known Facts
Did You Know that okra was used as a cash crop in early Pointe Coupée Parish History?Did You Know there is a pecan shelling plant in Pointe Coupée Parish that is one of the two oldest in America?
Bergeron Pecan Shelling Plant established in 1940, near New Roads, is known for their modernization of the pecan shelling industry. The early process entailed hand-cracking of the nuts. Today, the shelling, sorting and bagging are fully automated.
Did You Know that a resident of Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana revolutionized sugar cane harvesting with his patented mechanized sugar cane cutting machine?